Ozark Police Chief Lyle Hodges says his department, along with Nixa police and the Christian County Sheriff’s Office, conducted a sobriety checkpoint last night that led to just one DWI arrest.

“I thought that was unusual,” Hodges said.

There will 12 arrests total, including one alleging marijuana possession. Three of the 12 arrested also had outstanding warrants, Hodges said. The checkpoint was at NN Highway and Skyline Avenue in Ozark.

Law enforcement agencies in southwest Missouri will likely be teaming up more often for similar checkpoints after the recent formation of the Central Ozarks Region DWI Task Force, which brings together 21 agencies in the area to share officers and equipment for DWI enforcement.

According to Pam Holt, with Missouri Safe and Sober, 198 people were killed in impaired driving crashes in Missouri last year, and another 583 were seriously injured.